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[@dazzaMusic]

One of the rarest top gear reviews but it’s still one the best

[@ishanjoshi1350]

What makes it "rare" ?

[@nishantmachhar]

THIS SIR . .. is how Automobile Journalism is done . ... BRILLIANT production quality, I miss this time and I miss this Golden Era of Top Gear

[@LavagreatThegreatnerdity_rocks]

hands down, top ten best cars ever made

[@WarCrimeGaming]

Agree

[@lebetz9367]

And top three most beautiful cars ever made (the other two being the Jaguar E-Type and the 1954 Mercedes 300 SL).

[@Lefab3470]

This car immediatly sent every car made before to the antique section...

[@mohamedyasinarakkal5130]

This for many people the most comfortable car ever

[@mitabpraga7487]

Thing about the DS is that it's handsome. Lotsa small cars are pretty, lotsa fast cars are beautiful, lotsa Italian cars are drop dead gorgeous, b ut the DS is in a small group that are just damn handsome. I'd have one.

[@Channel-os4uk]

'lotsa'??

[@wesgregg6451]

@@Channel-os4uk 'handsome'?????????? If you own that car, you'll hear about it from everyone who sees it - each and every one will run in and tell you that someone must have crashed into it from every conceivable direction. And that includes from underneath the hideous thing ;-). And the next thing out of their mouth would, of course, be, "Wait - you mean it's *supposed* to look like that?!?"

[@notamoonraker]

Not exactly I call handsome. DS23 is more like "beautiful" with its elegant curves

[@damnson0813]

@@wesgregg6451 hideous?

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

They got the camera angles absolutely perfect. Like a John carpenter film!

[@crpth1]

That's "The thing"! LOL 😂

[@johntechwriter]

They are doing a reprise, complete with oboe solo, of Quentin Willson’s introduction of the car on this show years before. He captured the car’s mystique far more effectively than these two, who of course had to bring everything back on themselves.

[@TraustiGeir]

Citroen started building spaceships on wheels back in the 50s...and they carry on to this day.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

But sadly, they are downgraded spaceships.

[@TraustiGeir]

@@isaacsrandomvideos667 Maybe one day, they'll design an actual spaceship!

[@crpth1]

Although market appeal and off course it's respective sales. Are fundamental for the survival of any brand. Citroen "under" Peugeot vision will never go back to make dream cars, like the DS! Sometimes it's really a pity the bean counters take control of creativity. Anyone remember the first Twingo! Outstanding for what it was! Another small example of bean counters relieving the knot around creative throat!

[@TraustiGeir]

@@crpth1 I don't think "relieving" is the word you're going for, but yes, it's a crying shame.

[@channel_abc123_]

@@crpth1 I thought the Twingo was made by Renault

[@fredschriks8554]

I agree. Still today, it still looks good. Great work on this one Citroën.

[@jonnnyren6245]

This and the Citroen SM. Two excepionally beautiful French madamoiselles.

[@FEGTTTSDH]

Car of Century easily...

[@hissingsid3907]

If ever I win the lottery, this will be the first classic car I buy

[@franciscojosecallerua-grup8553]

That is one of the best looking cars ever, looks like a flying saucer 🥴🛸

[@ridhwanramzi4773]

The DS'es are the basis of some of the most iconic cars to come out of France till this day. (DS Palas, C5, Saxo, 504, 306, 406, 508, the GTIs, Megane RS, Clios, Alpines and so on) Good value for money, great tech, great looks, good to drive, very soft seats, fairly reliable, tough bodied, with fancy suspension/ride quality and quirky! Fun Fact: The DS also saved the life of President Charles De Gaulle during an assassination attempt, who in turn saved Citroen from bankruptcy!

[@kacpi4567]

This is one of the most french looking car ever

[@buecomet831]

This car is like the modern cars we see nowadays, from its looks and how it is built.

[@lebetz9367]

And my dad was driving one (actually he had three of them, but of course only one at a time). True story: some years ago there was a DS stopped right behind me at the traffic lights (in a wonderful metalic green), with two old ladies in it. I got out of my car, dropped to my knees and adored the DS like a true godess deserves it. The looks on the faces of the two ladies was just priceless.

[@ollyhowe4323]

We have an id19 rally car sitting in the garage and it is an amazing car to drive and look at

[@simonwolfe529]

& on the 3rd day God made this....................what a car, currently own one, & lucky to have it - Hammond presents this soooo well, Timeless classic review and still never bores me.

[@nishantmachhar]

This was/is peak Top Gear for me, the best time of this show, everything was perfect and the timing for Clarkson - May - Hammond

[@ianlewis2813]

It's my favourite car 🙃

[@devilslayerthesaintofkille1317]

The perfect car for a rainy day like that.

[@no-oneman.4140]

Pure Art.

[@figjam59]

I remember Blue Peter talking about the swivelling headlights. My dad didn't believe me...

[@RRaquello]

The famous Tucker car had swiveling head lights ten years before this, but nobody bought it so they don't get any credit.

[@figjam59]

@@RRaquello I'd never heard of them until I saw your comment and looked for information... 51 made but an amazing concept for 1948! Thanks for the enlightenment.

[@dashcameraro2031]

Citroën hydraulic suspension, it was like a Concorde in the car version. 🤔🤔🤔 Fantomas upgraded his car. 😎😎😎

[@anton1990]

Now that’s a classic movie! “Fantomas! I’ll catch you!” Juve would’ve caught that devilish villain, if it weren’t for that flying Citroen DS! 😎

[@karimrishani8298]

just beautiful

[@Robin.2226]

Beautiful 😎

[@toyotaprius79]

When top gear wasn't insufferable to watch.

[@johntechwriter]

Getting there. Did you see them shift the focus from the car to themselves?

[@nicolasbocchino3761]

The original design started in the 40s and was hidden from the Germans during ww2

[@LMB222]

Before 1940.

[@johntechwriter]

It was the 2CV they were hiding from the Germans.

[@abbykeyzer]

Not the DS but the 2CV .

[@gwolks1008]

These are just so majestic. They should custom fit these into EVs. Would be incredible.

[@fdk7014]

I'd love to have an electric conversion. Though I would want headrests as well.

[@richlee509]

No just no

[@danielbociarski6633]

Sad to see the crap looking things Citroen has been pumping out for about 20 years now. Thank god for DS though

[@ssssssss6889]

Not for about the last 20 years even more. The DS,SM ,CX was when Citroen operated without a considered budget concern and they went bankrupt in 1974. Without the French government dictating Peugeot to take over Citroen , there would be no Citroen today, like there is no Simca,Panhard,Talbot etc. Everything done after 1974 had a tight budget to commit to. That's the the difference basically,. It's not about Citroen being capable or not today, it's about the budget they are allowed to operate in.

[@miguelbragafado]

Agree!!!!!!!!!!

[@pranjalagrawal9347]

Best car

[@TheFreakonhell]

2:46 the dog 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@faustusTVR]

Wuff! Grrr, get out of it! (in French)

[@julianwills7306]

its such a shame that these are going for 35 to 60 grand

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

You can get a new car for that. I know what I want! It’s really not that expensive, if you take that into consideration.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

@Brebgon it is expensive. Still, average new cars are 35-45k.

[@dennismorritt9192]

@@isaacsrandomvideos667 True. But new cars are not a DS. Most new cars are SUVs now. No one designs cars like they used to.

[@johntechwriter]

And they were NOT built to last.

[@TOMAATTISOSE-wi1wf]

I WOULD LOVE TO OWN DS21 AND CX AND PAINT THEM

[@goodc.2853]

Anyone know the background music they used?

[@moniquelee3623]

A collection of cars that doesn't include a DS isn't a collection.

[@myherocamus8847]

Bring this back as an EV!

[@metal-gods]

I think that they have as a luxury brand for under citroen parent company.

[@crpth1]

@@metal-gods Yes. But the DS brand although a step above the common Citroen's. Has the name, but totally miss the mystic of something designed 20 years ahead of it's time! ;-)

[@hardwaylearner]

Mi amor lez bleu

[@user-gj1xl4wo5x]

Beautify, beauty, how she wants!Red,a dream..!

[@RRaquello]

A friend of my mother had one of these, back in the early 70's. In Staten Island, NY! Just an ordinary housewife, she must have talked her husband into buying it because I never saw him drive it. I got to ride in it a bunch of times. Tell you the truth, I thought it was crap! Way too crowded in the back seat if you had four kids sitting back there. And since my mother had 5 kids and her friend had 5 kids, whenever I got a ride in it it was always with a bunch of kids in it, so I guess it wasn't a practical family car. it was some kind of brown/gold color and I thought it looked like a roach. I thought it was the ugliest car I had ever seen. My father's comment on the air suspension was, "It's just another thing to break down.." But what do we know? We're just Americans. My idea of a beautiful car is a late 50's Chrysler 300 or a mid-60's Pontiac GTO. Everyone to their own taste.

[@Hydruss443]

To be fair the GTO is a very, very good looking car. Easily one of the best looking muscle cars imo.

[@knuckles1206]

Why did citreon drop the rear wheel skirt? its a fucking staple!

[@aldosam5317]

French brand, Italian designer

[@ZethIsme]

The French really can make some really good cars but they aren’t putting any in North America for some reason and nowadays there shit

[@wesgregg6451]

That must be the ultimate expression of form over function - because if ever a more fugly automobile (or anything, really) was built... I wouldn't want to be sentenced to have to see it.

[@pedrosalinas6509]

What happened to the French car designers? Now they produce only crappy cars

[@gicugigel3790]

Citroens look great. Look at c4x, c5x